ABSTRACT

Term paper counseling has emerged as the library’s solution to the instructional limitations and constraints of the reference desk and the bibliographic instruction classroom. Term paper counseling uses the tutorial method of instruction to provide students with individualized assistance. Paralleling the four major tutoring structures, term paper counseling has been provided as standalone tutoring, course tutoring, emergency tutoring, and structured tutoring. This paper details tutoring as an instructional method, term paper counseling as tutorial, and successful models for term paper counseling.